Faith & Reparations Resource Guide

This resource guide has been compiled as a complement to the Faith and Reparations Forum - May 17, 2025 - a collaboration among Buena Vista, Easter Hill, and Epworth United Methodist Churches with contributions from leaders across the Bay District of California-Nevada Annual Conference.

It emerges at a time when the United Methodist Church has strengthened its stance on racial justice. Article V of the 2020/2024 Book of Discipline explicitly acknowledges the church's role in combating racism, racial inequity, colonialism, white privilege, and white supremacy, and commits the United Methodist Church to live as an actively anti-racist institution. The 2024 Book of Resolutions, Paragraph 3335, calls the Church "to repentance for its implicit and explicit participation and profit gained by slavery of African Americans in the United States" and directs local congregations to "participate in studies on reparations in their local area" and to "write a letter of support for the passage of [HR 40]."

This Guide is intended to equip individuals and congregations to engage with reparations as both a spiritual and social justice journey. It serves as a companion for discernment, inviting deeper exploration of how our faith traditions call us toward justice, healing, and repair.

View the Guide here: Reparations Resource Guide - Start Here